Fatalis

Squash actually comes in a powdered form here....took me months to realise, but its in short dumpy containers. Country something is one manufacturer.....add 2 table spoons to a glass of water and hey..you have lemon/orange squash

Are you talking about maybe Country Time? They do mostly lemonade..not sure if they do any other flavors. Or for you Brits, flavOurs. ;) PS...Craig really misses squash too!! M.

Yup thats it .....but ive also seen other brands on the same shelf ......it tastes exactly like lemon and orange squash did back in the UK

Squash actually comes in a powdered form here....took me months to realise, but its in short dumpy containers. Country something is one manufacturer.....add 2 table spoons to a glass of water and hey..you have lemon/orange squash

So, I'm 1 day off my 2 week mark from entering into the country. I thought I'd give it a try today because tomorrow I am not around to go.

I went in, and told the woman I was here to apply for a SSN. I told her I entered on a K1. She goes, "Can a K1 work with just a SSN?" To which I replied, "No, I have to wait for the EAD so the back of the SSN states I can't work"

She then proceeds to agree and tell me, "Yes, well see you don't need a SSN then. We don't give them out. You can't work with it, so you don't need it."

I told her yes I was entitled to one, and I pulled out my handy dandy printout that states our class of viasa are eligible for a SSN but just can't work.

So she got huffy, typed my name in and said I wasn't in the system yet.

She told me to come back on Friday and ask for the Supervisor to see if I was in the system, and then she shut the window right in my face.

I wasn't trying to tell her how to do her job or anything, I just came prepared with literature and back up.

Let's hope Friday goes well. I can't do squat without a SSN.

I just wanted to share.

Have a great day!

I had to insist on going up through two levels of supervisors and thrusting their own handbook under their eyes before i could get them to agree to process my SSN from a K-1........Received it within 10 days after that

I arrived here on xmas day and although its early days yet, I’ve just tried to settle in as a native as quickly as possible. Apart from sport I’ve just accepted everything about my new home and not lingered on much from the past.

There's no way i can miss listening to the commentary for Saints games (soccer) and i had to subscribe to "Satanta Broadband" to watch England rugby games on line....oh and the England cricket tour of India is soon to start .......but apart from that I’m starting to feel like a local already

Use "skype" from your pc ....its great, you'll never want to call back home with a telephone again